EDC example to produce text with background and border as rectangles

txt.edc

/* edje_cc txt.edc && edje_player txt.edj */
collections {
    group { name: "base";
        parts {
            part { name: "bg"; type: RECT;
                description { state: "default" 0.0;
                    color: 247 240 215 255;
                }
            }
            part { name: "base"; type: RECT;
                scale: 1;
                description { state: "default" 0.0;
                    visible: 0;
                    fixed: 1 1;
                    /* lower right corner */
                    rel1 {
                        relative: 0.5. 0.5;
                    }
                    rel2 {
                        relative: 1.0 1.0;
                    }
                }
            }
            part { name: "border"; type: RECT;
                scale: 1;
                description { state: "default" 0.0;
                    rel1 {
                        to: "back";
                        /* larger border to make it visible */
                        offset: -10 -10;
                    }
                    rel2 {
                        to: "back";
                        offset: 10 10;
                    }
                    color: 166 194 205 255;
                }
            }
            part { name: "back"; type: RECT;
                scale: 1;
                description { state: "default" 0.0;
                    rel1 {
                        to: "txt";
                    }
                    rel2 {
                        to: "txt";
                    }
                    color: 182 179 72 255;
                }
            }
            part { name: "txt"; type: TEXT;
                scale: 1;
                effect: GLOW;
                description { state: "default" 0.0;
                    fixed: 1 1;
                    rel1 {
                        to: "base";
                        relative: 0.5 0.5;
                    }
                    rel2 {
                        to: "base";
                        relative: 0.5 0.5;
                    }
                    color: 224 96 80 255;
                    color2: 224 96 80 24;
                    color3: 224 96 80 8;
                    text {
                        font: "Sans"; size: 12;
                        text: "MY TEXT ☺";
                        min: 1 1;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}